Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/27
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Ted Grant wrote:
>
> Imagine you're walking down the street, there is a scream from above, a
> person has jumped off the Empire State building! On the way down, they
pass
> through several light levels and contrasts and you have to shoot the
> rapidly descending body before it goes big time splat on the side walk.
> Which zone to you pick?
Actually, this situation would be perfect for a DV recorder. 30 fps x 1
hour all on a tiny cartridge. Download any single frame via firewire to a
laptop or via S-VHS to a conventional videotape recorder. And you'd be able
to record both the scream on the way down as well as the splat.
Indeed we can question the role of conventional 35mm photography for
this type of photo journalism in general.
Once the ultimate in picture quality is let go in favor of other
variables, a most slippery slope awaits.
Jonathan Borden